In todays lecture, the main focus was AI and its use in the classroom. I am not a big fan of AI as a whole, so although I tried to keep an open mind, I still found myself looking at all the resources offered to us with a negative point of view. But I was glad that this class wasn’t just influencing us to use AI more, and was instead giving us information on the pros and cons of AI.

Although I found the class informative, I personally don’t use AI if I can, and if we are instructed to use it in a class I will see what others have gotten and retype it myself. My main issue with AI is the environmental impact, and I find it hard to use something unnecessary if it has a negative impact on the environment. I am the type of person to turn off the shower when lathering shampoo or conditioner to conserve water, so I am not comfortable using technology that uses a significant amount of water with no remedy in the near future.

I try and cite my sources when I talk about the impacts of AI, so here, and here, are two articles I found on the impacts AI has on the environment.

I think eventually AI may have a different impact on the environment, hopefully more neutral, but for now I will do my best to avoid use of it when possible. And although I avoid it when I can, I can still see why others may use it, and I will still educate my students on proper and improper use.